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Depot — Black Earth

Date: 1922
Description: View of the train depot. A train is stopped at the depot. An automobile is parked on the left. A train conductor and a man stand at the outside.
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VIew from B. & O. Station

Date: 1925
Description: View from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, established in 1830. The city's dwellings and establishments can be seen on a hillside from the railroa...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 10 1946
Description: Worker's bunks on a railroad car ferry. The spare room has a calendar, light, radiator, table, locking closet and two bunks. Workers' clothes hand on the w...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 10 1946
Description: Two men at work moving railroad cars. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the Natio...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 10 1946
Description: Young worker operates a large lever on railroad tracks. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers bel...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 15 1946
Description: Workers standing on railroad tracks. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the Nation...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 15 1946
Description: Four workers operating an "ancient" winch. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the ...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 15 1946
Description: Workers shoveling coal into furnace. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the Nation...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 15 1946
Description: Workers eating dinner. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the National Maritime Un...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1248

Date: 07 15 1915
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 1248, class I5, built by the company's shop in 1912. From left to right are waymaster Harvey Gi...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1223

Date: 1906
Description: Five railroad employees pose on Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1223 at the Chestnut Street yard. Left to right are yardman Jack Meyer, ya...
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Engine No. 1009

Date: 1900
Description: Engine no. 1009 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway with engineer Charles S. Pollard seated in the cab. On the ground from the left are switchman...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: Catholic bishop of Madison William P. O'Connor steps off a train upon his return from two months traveling in Europe.
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Jacob's Ladder

Date: 1900
Description: View of a railroad engine with passengers before it ascends Mount Washington Railroad's 'Jacob's Ladder,' built around 1868 with a grade of 37.41%.
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Topeka Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Topeka Railroad Depot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. To the left of the station stands the Wells Fargo & Company Express buil...
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Round House

Date: 1924
Description: View down side of railroad tracks of two trains entering a Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse. A man in overalls stands near the tracks.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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Laying 90 # Rail — Near Cassville, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad near a farm field.
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Soo Line Tracks

Date: 08 1988
Description: "The engineer waves as the steam locomotive bears down the track."
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C.B. & Q. Railroad

Date: 1900
Description: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad crew with the rock crusher. The train car is labeled '204430' and 'Burlington Route'. A steep hill rises behind...

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